"Come with me
I know the way" she says
"It's down, down, down the dark ladder
Do you want to contact somebody first
I mean what does it really matter
You're going to come now
Or you're going to come later"

Comments on Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire

so many wonderful souls, many famous, but most unknown to all but those of us who love them - down the dark ladder. such a beautiful, chilling, and haunting song. i love it as much now as i did then.

suerisk on 2009-Aug-02 at 05:34:47 GMT-5:

I'd like to be the first to comment upon the quality of the poetry in some of these lyrics.
When I was young I listened to Joans' albums thousands of times.As a matter of fact, when we were sweet sixteen (and Joni was 17) we all sang in the same coffee house at the Y in Toronto! I remember being electrified by "Sang the Corow on the Cradle"!
Some of this poetry is wonderful. The music is beyond superlatives, and this site is very well put together. Thanks for publishing the lyrics, I was too busy dancing,working, or minding my kid to learn them all, or to see the sound studies behind the scores. Way, Joan!